E-commerce & Online Seller Finance
Work out landed cost, marketplace fees, ACOS and TACOS, returns, reorder quantities, cash cycle, free-shipping thresholds and a SKU-mix P&L in real spreadsheets, with every cell checked as you go.
Industry Finance · 6 courses
Industry finance courses
Every industry has its own numbers that decide whether a business makes money: food cost in a restaurant, cost per mile in trucking, GMROI in retail, over and under billing in construction. These industry finance courses teach those numbers on one realistic business per course, in a spreadsheet that checks every formula, so you can apply them to your own operation the next day.
E-commerce & Online Seller Finance covers landed cost, marketplace fees, ACOS and TACOS. Restaurant & Hotel Finance covers recipe costing, food cost percentage, prime cost, menu engineering, ADR and RevPAR. Construction Cost Estimating takes a clinic project from quantity takeoff to WIP, Retail Math & Merchandising covers markup, markdowns, open-to-buy and GMROI, and Trucking & Logistics Business Math covers cost per mile, deadhead, fuel surcharges and break-even rates. Nonprofit Accounting & Grant Budgeting covers restricted funds, functional expenses and indirect cost rates. The courses suit owners, managers, buyers, estimators and finance staff who work in these industries, and students preparing to.
Courses in Industry Finance
Restaurant & Hotel Finance
Cost recipes, price menus, control prime cost, run menu engineering, find break-even covers, explain food cost variance and manage hotel KPIs and rates in real spreadsheets, with every cell checked as you go.
Construction Cost Estimating & Job Costing
Take off quantities, price labour, materials and equipment, build a bid with overhead, profit and contingency, then bill, forecast and measure job profit, all on one clinic project in 8 graded labs.
Nonprofit Accounting & Grant Budgeting
Track restricted funds, build a statement of activities, split functional expenses, price indirect costs, build and monitor grant budgets and size your reserves, every cell checked as you go.
Retail Math & Merchandising
Work out markups, markdowns, sell-through, stock turn and GMROI, an open-to-buy plan, store KPIs and shrink for a fashion and home retailer, with every cell checked as you go.
Trucking & Logistics Business Math
Run the numbers of a small trucking company: cost per mile, deadhead, dispatcher fees, fuel surcharges, lane choice, utilisation, break-even rates and a 3-truck fleet P&L, with every cell checked as you go.
Guides with worked examples
Food Cost Percentage Formula: Restaurant Worked Example
The food cost percentage formula for a month and for one plate, theoretical vs actual food cost, and menu prices from a target food cost %. Excel example.
Markup vs Margin: Formulas, Conversion Table, Example
Markup vs margin explained: both formulas, how to convert one into the other, a price from a target margin and a conversion table, in an Excel example.
Cost per Mile in Trucking: How to Calculate It (2026)
Calculate trucking cost per mile: fixed and variable costs, fuel at 2026 diesel prices, deadhead and the break-even rate per loaded mile. Excel example.
RevPAR Calculation: Formula, ADR, Occupancy and Example
RevPAR calculation step by step: occupancy, ADR, RevPAR = ADR × occupancy, plus TRevPAR, GOPPAR and the RevPAR index, in a worked Excel example.
Frequently asked questions
Which industries are covered?
E-commerce, restaurants and hotels, construction, retail, trucking and nonprofits. Related courses on real estate and short-term rentals are in the Investing category.
Are the courses specific to one country?
No. The examples use US dollars and common international practice. Where a rule differs by country, such as tax or grant regulations, the lesson says so and teaches the calculation rather than the local law.
Can I use the calculations for my own business?
Yes. Each lab builds a method, not a black-box template, so you can rebuild the same sheet with your own costs, prices and volumes.
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